A federal judge has blocked the $6.2 billion merger between local television giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna until an antitrust lawsuit is resolved.

Attorneys general in eight states, including California, New York and Illinois, and DirecTV are filing lawsuits seeking to block the merger of Nexstar Media Group and its rival Tegna.

DirecTV on Saturday announced it had reached a deal with Walt Disney Co. that will restore ESPN and ABC-owned stations to its service after a nearly 2-week dispute that blacked out those networks for millions of viewers across the U.S. The end of the impasse came in time for sports fans to watch ESPN’s slate of college football games on DirecTV.

The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week.

ESPN has gone off the air on a major carrier for the second straight year during the U.S. Open tennis tournament and in the midst of the first full weekend of college football.

A jury in U.S. District Court ordered the NFL to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages Thursday after ruling that the league violated antitrust laws in distributing out-of-market Sunday afternoon games on a premium subscription service.

The jury began deliberations Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust law.

A class-action lawsuit filed by “Sunday Ticket” subscribers claiming the NFL broke antitrust laws began in federal court Thursday with opening statements.

Newsmax is returning to DirecTV after a dispute between the parties saw the conservative network removed from the satellite carrier.

For the second straight week, DirecTV’s “NFL Sunday Ticket” package is experiencing problems for those trying to view games through the app or online.

Often in the tiny legalese of contracts is something called an arbitration clause, which can have sweeping implications on what you can and can’t do if something goes wrong.

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday an antitrust challenge can go forward to the way the National Football League sells the rights to telecasts of pro football games. The league's 32 teams pool the rights to telecast their games, negotiating packages with the major networks as well as the DirecTV satellite service. A lower court ruled that the NFL's contract with DirecTV may limit competition in violation of federal law. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that in rejecting the NFL's appeal at this early stage of the lawsuit, the high court was not necessarily endorsing the claims. If the defendants do not prevail at summary judgment or at trial, they may raise those legal arguments again” in a new appeal to the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh wrote.

Isabel Albright's life may have ended, but her satellite TV contract did not. "They told us ... we're going to charge you $160 for an early termination fee,'' he said. You're going to tell us we have to keep the service at a house that's not ours?" After WABC-TV reached out to DirecTV about the story, the company said it would waive the termination fee and told the news station: "We have apologized to the family and resolved this." RELATED STORIESTeens Watching TV Are Rudely Interrupted by Hungry BearAward-Winning TV Anchor Dies in Plane Crash While Covering Story on PilotWho Is the Person Leaving Box TVs on Strangers' Doorsteps?

Andrew Burton/Getty Images(CNN) - AT&T is considering selling DirecTV, according to the Wall Street Journal. AT&T, which owns CNN's parent company WarnerMedia, is looking into "various options" for DirecTV including a spinoff of the unit, the paper reported. The telecommunications giant is also exploring the option of combining DirecTV's assets with rival Dish Network, according to the Journal, citing sources. AT&T purchased DirecTV for $49 billion, or $67.1 billion including debt, in 2015. The Journal also reported that AT&T may "ultimately decide to keep DirecTV in the fold."

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – We believe the signal problems affecting DirecTV subscribers are now behind us after working closely with the satellite provider to reach a resolution. DirecTV said it has located the source of the problem and is taking steps to fix the issue that affected the signal received by an estimated 75,000 households across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia. Should any picture or audio problems persist, subscribers are encouraged to reach out directly to DirecTV. To do so, please call 1-800-DIRECTV with your name, contact information and address.